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So That's Why They Call It Great Britain
How One Tiny Country Gave So Much To The World
Monday Books (United Kingdom), 2009
Paperback, 288 pages
Size: 198x129 mm
ISBN: 9781906308063
ISBN-10: 1906308063
List price: £7.99
You save: 30%
So That's Why They Call It Great Britain
How One Tiny Country Gave So Much to the World. It covers less than half of 1% of the earth's land mass, but is responsible for more than 40% of the world's great inventions. The first car, first train, and first aeroplane (sorry, Wright Brothers) came from Britain, as did the steam engine, the jet engine and the engine of the internet (the WWW protocols used online), the first computer, the first telephone, the first TV, the first lightbulb and the first loo roll. Our agricultural and industrial revolutions changed the world and our legal system set the precedent for many others. And we lead the world in one other thing: self-deprecation! PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED IN ?????????????????????????? BUYERS' GUIDE.

